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Surprise: oldest Homo sapiens roamed Morocco, not Ethiopia. Just when we thought we knew our kind, Homo sapiens has its cradle in Ethiopia 200,000 years ago, researchers found proof Homo sapiens lived in Morocco 100,000 prior. The discovery in a cave west of M...

Leonard Cohen died during his sleep following a fall in the middle of the night on November 7,” Mr. Kory said in a statement. “The death was sudden, unexpected and peaceful.” In the months before his death, Mr. Cohen was busy. Even as his body was growin...

Toots Thielemans, one of the only musicians to have a successful career as a jazz harmonica player, died on Monday in Brussels. He was 94. The death was confirmed by Mr. Thielemans’s agency, which did not specify a cause. Mr. Thielemans, who retired in 2014...

The celebrated Italian intellectual Umberto Eco, who shot to fame with his 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, has been remembered as a master of Italian culture after his death at the age of 84. Eco died on Friday night after suffering from cancer, prompting tri...